Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

60 words

Question:

What should be done about the Liberty Bonds that were sent as contributions to the Mashrak el Azkar fund?...

Translation:

Provisional translation

That is passed now. An arrow that has been shot does not return to the bow... That rests with the delegates to the Convention, delegates only - not strangers. The Convention is like a parliament.

Translations (4)

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1919 p059

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=59

PN_1920 p003

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1920.pdf#page=3

PN_1920 p012

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1920.pdf#page=12

PN_1920 p021

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1920.pdf#page=21